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Kurlumarniny: We Come From the Desert

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Amanda Hamilton
Aboriginal History, vol. 37, 2013, pp. 167-170
Description
Book review of: Kurlumarniny by Monty Hale. Scroll down to page 167 to read review.
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Labrador Inuit on the Hunt: Seasonal Patterns, Techniques, and Animals as They Appear in the Early Moravian Diaries

Alternate Title
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.
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Laguna Prototypes of Manhood in Ceremony

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
MELUS, vol. 17, no. 1, Native American Fiction: Myth and Criticism , Spring, 1991/1992, pp. [39]-61
Description
Discusses manifestations of male relationships in the novel and compares them to practices at Laguna.
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Laguna Symbolic Geography and Silko's "Ceremony"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edith Swan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 229-249
Description
Looks at the journey spiritual of Leslie Silko's protagonist Tayo through a Laguna symbolic world created by the Spider Women character. Laguna Pueblo is located in northwestern New Mexico.
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Lakota Myth and Government: The Cosmos as the State

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael E. Melody
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1980, pp. 1-19
Description
Discusses how the myth and ideas it embodies are foundational to a worldview which informs all relationships, codes of behavior, and ways of governing.
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The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kathleen Pickering
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, Summer, 1999, pp. 185-187
Description
Book review of: The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice by Raymond A. Bucko.
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Lands (Whose are They?)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vern Chocan
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 3, March 1993, p. 4
Description
Vern Chocan's perspective on the significance of land.
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Lawrence Joseph Pritchard Interview #1

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lawrence Joseph Pritchard
Judy M. Thibodeau
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview is a general account of his life. He also briefly describes some of the activities of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan.
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Lawrence Joseph Pritchard Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lawrence Joseph Pritchard
Judy M. Thibodeau
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview is a general account of his life.
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Lawrence Tobacco Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lawrence Tobacco
Christine Welsh
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
Lawrence Tobacco, born 1919, on the Poor Man Reserve, Saskatchewan He attended a residential school and is now involved in traditional education and counseling. He talks about farming and raising cattle on the Poor Man Reserve; shares a story of a trip he took to Winnipeg to sell cattle for a number of reserves in the File Hills area, and how Indian Affairs officials tried to bribe him with part of the proceeds of the sale; shares stories of defiance toward Dept.
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Leadership in Learning: Research Abstracts from the Graduates of the Nunavut Master of Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vera Arnatsiaq
Rhoda Cunningham
Louise Flaherty
Matry Joanne Kauki
Bertha Iglookyouak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Nunangat, 2013, pp. 80-83
Description
Presented at the Research Symposium, Leadership in Learning June 2013. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 80 to read article.
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Leadership Preferences of Indian and Non-Indian Athletes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
D.C. Malloy
R.N. Nilson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 18, no. 1, 1991, pp. 33-42
Description

Looks at the different preferences in coaching methods and leadership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous athletes.  

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League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or, Iroquois

E-Books
Author/Creator
Lewis H. Morgan
Herbert M. Lloyd
[Ely S. Parker]
Description
Ha-sa-no-an'-da, Ely S. Parker, a Seneca, co-researched this work, presented in three parts: Structure of the League; Spirit of the League; and Incident to the League. "A new edition, with additional matter, edited and annotated".
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The Learning Circle as a Research Method: The Trickster and Windigo in Research

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Herbert Nabigon
Rebecca Hagey
Schuyler Webster
Robert MacKay
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 113-137
Description
Looks at how the Aboriginal research process and the Learning Circle, with the use of the trickster and windigo, affects the community experiences and perceptions of emotional issues. The article also examines the questions emanating from the medicine wheel.
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Learning to be Part of the Land: Experiences of a Canadian Indigenous Researcher Doing Research in a Yucatec Maya Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miguel Paul Sastaretsi Sioui
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 125-144
Description
Author discusses their positionality as an Indigenous Canadian scholar and researcher in Yucatan, Mexico; reflects on how their Indigenous identity and culture helped to inform their approach to learning and led them to select Indigenous research methods.
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The Legacy of Pashofa: Ceremony, Society, Women, and Chickasaw Life

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 5th, 2003
Native Being -- Being Native: Identity and Difference: Proceedings of the Fifth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt Despain
Description
Examines the history and cultural significance of the traditional Chickasaw food dish.
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Lessons from the Earth: Storytelling, Art and Indigenous Knowledge

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Excellent resource contains links to videos of cultural teachings and lesson plans for primary, junior and intermediate grade levels. Topics covered: significance of building local relationships, an agreement with Mother Earth, walking with a good heart, clan system, courage, love, offerings, and working together in a good way.
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Life and Culture of the Hupa

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.1, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pliny Earle Goddard
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 1, (pp1-88, 30 plates).
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The Life and Death of the Renown'd Mr. John Eliot, who was the First Preacher of the Gospel to the Indians in America: with an Account of the Wonderful Success which the Gospel has had Amongst the Heathen in that Part of the World: and of the Many Strange Customes of the Pagan Indians in New-England

Alternate Title
The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America: the Life of the Renowned John Eliot
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cotton Mather
Description
The first edition in1691 was published under the title: The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America: the Life of the Renowned John Eliot.
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Life of George Bent, Written From His Letters

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lew Richards
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 5, Issue 273, November-December 2010, p. 28
Description
Book review of: Life of George Bent, Written From His Letters by George E. Hyde, edited by Savoie Lottinville.
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Life When Renting for Older Māori

Alternate Title
Life When Renting for Older Maori
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Morehu Munro
AlterNative, vol. 16, no. 1, March 2020, pp. 64-75
Description
Study of 42 older Māori (18 men, 24 women) renters in the Hawke’s Bay region of Aotearoa - New Zealand examines the experience of elders who are renting. Findings discuss living costs, landlord relationships, family relationships, and a comparison to home ownership.
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"Like Melody or Witchcraft": Empowerment through Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah A. Miranda
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 28, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Empowerment Through Literature, Winter-Spring, 2004, pp. 103-106
Description
Author examines and compares that practice of making poetry and the and the practice of re-discovering or returning to traditional knowledge and ways of knowing.
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Lines and Criss-crossings: Hyperlinks in Australian Indigenous Narratives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Glowczewski
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol. 116, August 2005, pp. 24-35
Description
Provides background on two multimedia projects that open up new ways of seeing and thinking about narratives, images and performances in virtual space-time and discusses the relevance of games for anthropological insights.
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